Rants and Opinions

This is just whatever happens to be on my mind at a given moment.

Robert Newton: The Original Pirate Arrrr
I did a bit of research into the reason why we all think pirates say 'Arrr!'. Here's the reason and a little clip.
Consider the Environment Before Training Your AI
I kinda wish people would raise awareness of how wasteful AI is and how much completely pointless garbage is going into AI training.
Stopping Nvidia Telemetry
I noticed that the NVidia device drivers were making tons of blocked DNS requests. I figured out how to stop them.
AppleTV Makes Tons of DNS Requests to my Pi-Hole Because of HomeKit
I got an AppleTV recently, and suddenly my pihole ad blocker was seeing literally 500 DNS requests every 10 minutes from this thing. I looked into why.
Inky Frame Displaying a Lovelace dashboard with a Nextcloud Calendar
I figured out how to get an Inky Frame displaying a daily set of activities, including a calendar, the weather, and the state of various home automation things. There are A LOT of parts to this, and I learned a few tricks along the way.